Folding shingle



e. B. FERGUSON.

FOLDING SHINGLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY26, 1921.

1,410,903. Patented Mar. 28,1922.

INVEN TOR.

4 Q ATTORNEY.

GEORGE OF NEW BEEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING SHI'NGLE.

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Application filed May 26,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE l3. FERGUSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnewand useful Improvements in F olding Shingles, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in folding shingles and pertains more especially to shingles made in lon inte ral strips.

fiereto ore shingles haye been made of integ'ral strip formation usually formed to represent or impart the appearance, when properly laid of four distinct shingles. This prior construction has been formed b covering one side of a flexible back with heated asphalt and applying finely crushed slate thereto and rolling same into the as phalt while the latter is still hot, resulting in a comparatively still structure. These rior strips cannot be folded without brea age and consequently cannot be made long owing to the length of the resultant packages in shipping and the awkward handling of t e strips when laying same on a roof.

The primary object of the invention, is to therefore provide a shingle which can be made in long len .hs and which can be folded without'posslble cracking or breaking of the slate covering, thereby enabling the shingles to be made into compact and easily handled and transported packagesand to also enable the same to be more easily han dled in carrying the shingles up onto the roof and in laying same, and to also increase the speed of laying by providing long strips which accordingly require the fitting of a less number of oints between the strip ends.

In the drawin 1 Figure 1 is a fr agmentary plan view of a strip of shingles constructed in accordance with the present invention:

Figure 2, is a similar in laid formation;

Figure 3, is an stlp showing the igure 4, 1s a view of a package form. y

In proceeding in accordance with the resent invention, the strip 1 is made of .engths' approximating twenty feet or more as desired and formed with the slots or cutouts 2 which give the appearance of indivi dual shingles. Hot asphalt is applied to View of the shingles edge view of a shingle manner of folding; and

folded strip in Specification oi Letters Patent.

. each Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 472,714.

one side of the strip except at the areas 3, which latter are ahned with and are sub stantially of the same widths as the cuts 2 and. extend from the inner ends of thelatter to therear side edgeof the strip. ,The

crushed slate S is now rolled or appliedunder pressure to the" asphalt coating and the areas 3 willconsequently be free of the slate and will not be stlfiened by the application .of the coating as the remainder of the strip obviously is stiffened. These uncoated areas are consequentl possessed of the original flexibility that t e strip itself possesses and provide hinge connections about which the individual shingles 4.- resultant from the cuts 2 may fold in zig-zag formation as shown in Figure 3 andbe closely superimposed into the compact package of Figure 4, in which it will be noted that the hinging parts 3 extend outwardly from and protect the end edges of the slatepovering.

lit will now be seen that thestrips when folded can be more easily handled and lifted onto the roof and easil shifted about on the roof preparatory to laying the shingles. Further the packages can be more easily shipped or transported from one place or city-to another, and the laying expedited owing to the length of the strips which require less joints. Heretofore, the shingles have been made in lengths of about four feet to allow of shipping, which must be in a flat state and also to allow of han ing in raising same to the roof and while on the roof in laying. With the present invention, the strips can be made in lengths of twenty feet or more as desired, thetlme saving both as to packing shipping, handling and laying on the roo bein thus apparent. Y

What is claims is:

1. A foldin shingle'cbm osed of a long integral strip ia'ving space slots extendin inwardly fromeone side edge thereof an spaced at their-inner ends from the opposite side edge of the strip and a coating of asphalt and crushed slate applied to one side of the stri with the slhts and between the 1111161 ends of the latter and said opposite side edge of the strip whereby to provide uncoated hinging parts about which the strip may be folded to cause the shingles to be other.

2. A folding] shingle composed of a long integral strip aving slots to form individual though interconnected shingles and a superimposed upon and terminating at points alinhd i covering applied to the strip to leave a series of uncoated areas on the stripalined with the cuts to provide hmging parts in conjtinction with the slots about which the strip may be folded. v

3. A folding shingle embodying a onepieee' strip having spaced slots extentlihg inwardly from one side edge thereof and spaced at their inner ends from the opposite side edge of the strip, and a covering applied to one face of the strip to leave a series 6 uncoated areas alin'ed with the slots itnd'extending from the inner ends of the latter through the opposite sides of the strip to afford hinging parts in conjuiiction with the slots ,abont which parts and slots the strip may be folded.

' '4. A folding shingle composed ofa lon int oral strip having slots toform indivi ual hodgh interconnected shingles and a covering applied to the strip to leave series of ii'neoated areas on the strip ii iiied with the slotsto provide hinging parts in conjunction with the slots about which the strip may be folded,- said unco'ated areas hef ing of a width, so th'elt the same will exthd beyond the end edges of the coatin to protect the letter when the strip is fol ed.

In testimon r whereof Ieflix my si"nature.

EORGE B. FERG SON. 

